The Heritage Community Foundation has positioned
itself to be the primary content provider for Alberta on
the World Wide Web in matters pertaining to heritage,
community identity and pride, and public education.
Since 1999, the Foundation has created dynamic websites
showcasing Alberta's historical, natural, cultural,
scientific and technological heritage. These
websites and customized educational resources for
teachers and students (Edukits) currently stand at 50
and comprise the content of the Alberta Online
Encyclopedia. A Centennial Legacy grant from
the Government of Alberta enabled the Foundation to
create the database and all of the features required by
a modern-day, multimedia encyclopedia.

The Alberta Online Encyclopedia is the
intellectual legacy project of Alberta's centenary and is
being launched on September 29th, 2005 at the TELUS World
of Science in Edmonton. It is:

a measured and timely response to the Government of
Alberta's strategy to provide broadband connectivity to
Alberta communities

a vehicle to provide Alberta with a one-window
access point for users of the World Wide Web to enable
participation in the global economy

a multimedia resource for the Alberta Program of
Studies that is a building block for the creation of
online learning objects for curriculum

a means of providing access to the rich resources of
museums, archives, historic sites and other heritage
organizations and institutions

a source book for informal and life-long learning
for all Albertans, Canadians and users of the World Wide
Web

a showcase for Alberta talent in the area of New
Media and Information Technologies

a training ground for young people who want to
pursue careers in Information Technology

The Alberta Online Encyclopedia resides at
www.albertasource.ca.
It is a "made in Alberta" product that allows the seamless
technology of the SuperNet to bring meaningful content
from every community in Alberta to users all over the
world. Imagine authoritative web content that makes
Alberta-past, present and future-accessible via the
Internet.

The Alberta Online Encyclopedia is the first of
its kind- a multi-media encyclopedia that showcases all
aspects of the historical, cultural, natural, scientific
and technological heritage of Alberta. The Encyclopedia
is a dynamic, ever-growing content source that brings a
world of knowledge to your fingertips. To ensure currency,
the Heritage Community Foundation is undertaking the A
to Z Fundraising Campaign to build sustaining
resources in the nature of endowments and directed funds,
from both public and private sector sources.

Alberta, on the strength of the Heritage Community
Foundation's websites, has more authoritative content than
any province or territory. The Encyclopedia
will never be completed and is a constantly growing,
dynamic resource.